Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.

Brad Sigmon, 67, chose to be killed by bullets, saying he feared the alternatives of the electric chair and lethal injection would risk a slower and more painful death. He was convicted of beating ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas - David Leonard Wood is angry. He’s angry that he’s been on Texas Death Row for nearly four decades when no DNA evidence links him to the murders of six women and girls in El ...

VICTORIA — Dorothy Willyne Caylor passed away on Thursday, February 27, 2025. Visitation will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at 11am at Rosewood Funeral Chapel. Funeral services will begin ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Lawyers for Jessie Hoffman, a Louisiana death row inmate scheduled for execution on March 18, are asking a federal judge to halt his execution, arguing that ...

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson‘s upcoming Apple TV+ comedy series “Brothers” has added five new cast members. Oona Yaffe (“Sleepy Hollow”), Highdee Kuan (“The Brothers Sun ...

Ione Skye’s latest memoir, ’Say Everything,’ unveils an unexpected and brief romance with the late Matthew Perry which began long after they first crossed paths as young actors. Their ...

That’s not due to the obvious desire to dodge a state-sanctioned death entirely. Rather, the way the state has handled the matter has made it “impossible” for the prisoner “to assess which ...

TRENTON — The devastated parents of alleged preppy killer Matthew Hertgen did not appear ... his younger brother’s beating and slashing death in Princeton, NJ. Hertgen, 31, appeared coherent ...

In a final statement shared by his lawyer, Sigmon said, “I want my closing statement to be one of love and a calling to my fellow Christians to help us end the death penalty.” He quoted ...

South Carolina has 28 other inmates on death row, according to state records. CNN’s John Fritze, Shawn Nottingham and Jessica Jordan contributed to this report.

Henry McMaster, a Republican, for clemency, but that was denied by Mr. McMaster, who has not granted clemency to a prisoner on death row since the state restarted executions last year. Shortly ...